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BART: Officer fatality first in agency's history
miamiherald.com/ ^ | Tuesday, 01.21.14

Posted on 01/21/2014 6:05:48 PM PST by BenLurkin

Authorities say a Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer accidentally shot and killed a fellow officer Tuesday in the first on-duty fatality in the department's 40-year history.

(Excerpt) Read more at miamiherald.com ...


TOPICS: US: California
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1 posted on 01/21/2014 6:05:48 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Sad


2 posted on 01/21/2014 6:07:23 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: BenLurkin

Confused about taser vs. gun?


3 posted on 01/21/2014 6:08:20 PM PST by Paladin2
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“...Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer accidentally shot and killed a fellow officer...”

“...officers were conducting a probation search at a home in the East Bay city of Dublin when the shooting occurred...”

Transit cops searching a home?


4 posted on 01/21/2014 6:11:47 PM PST by Repeal The 17th (We have met the enemy and he is us.)
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To: BenLurkin

What is a “probation search” anyway?


5 posted on 01/21/2014 6:12:28 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Repeal The 17th

I’m confused, how do you accidentally pull and then shoot?


6 posted on 01/21/2014 6:13:05 PM PST by FreedomStar3028 (Evil must be punished.)
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To: BenLurkin

But, they’re trained. How could this happen?


7 posted on 01/21/2014 6:16:05 PM PST by raybbr (I weep over my sons' future in this Godforsaken country.)
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To: BenLurkin

Fresh out of Dogs to shoot?


8 posted on 01/21/2014 6:16:17 PM PST by Autonomous User (Pain Fades. Chicks Dig Scars. Glory, lasts forever.)
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To: smokingfrog

“Probationers are typically subject to warrantless searches without probable cause.”


9 posted on 01/21/2014 6:17:41 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2

“This is a Taser. This is my Gun.
The Taser is for Humans.
The Gun is for Dogs.”


10 posted on 01/21/2014 6:18:16 PM PST by TaMoDee (Go Pack Go! The Pack will be back in 2014!)
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To: Paladin2

OK - I found this:

To assist probation officers and parole officers with their supervision and to aid in the general law enforcement need to curb recidivism, many states require parolees and probationers to agree that their conditional release will be subject to curtailment of their normal Fourth Amendment protections. Typically, the released convict agrees to submit his person, property, and residence to warrantless, suspicionless search and seizure by any correctional or law enforcement officer for the duration of the probationary or parole term.


11 posted on 01/21/2014 6:20:12 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: smokingfrog

Dunno, but it sure sounds like they weren’t on BART property.


12 posted on 01/21/2014 6:21:34 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: smokingfrog

SO if there was a probation violation at the time — will this probationer get charged under the “felony murder rule”?


13 posted on 01/21/2014 6:24:01 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: Alaska Wolf

Blue on blue, must be confusing for you...


14 posted on 01/21/2014 6:24:26 PM PST by null and void (We need to shake this snowglobe up.)
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To: null and void

LoL


15 posted on 01/21/2014 6:29:36 PM PST by DariusBane (Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept?)
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To: BenLurkin

Beats the heck out of me.


16 posted on 01/21/2014 6:29:39 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: BenLurkin

What is a transit cop doing conducting probation searches?


17 posted on 01/21/2014 6:33:18 PM PST by Fido969 (What's sad is most)
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To: Fido969

No one handcuffed, unarmed, and lying face down on the ground to shoot in the back?


18 posted on 01/21/2014 6:36:22 PM PST by Repeat Offender (What good are conservative principles if we don't stand by them?)
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To: BenLurkin
Unexpected.

...

It's not like it's happened before.

19 posted on 01/21/2014 6:40:43 PM PST by Navy Patriot (Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
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To: Repeal The 17th
Transit cops searching a home?

Obviously you don't live in the People's Democratic Republic of California, it's routine here, unless you have the Gay exemption.

20 posted on 01/21/2014 6:43:41 PM PST by Navy Patriot (Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
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